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The news turned to storm surge in Mexico, protests in Sao Paulo (Brazil) and rights and justice in Damascus. Syria's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.
Disasters & accidents
324 of its 571 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Tulum accounted for 176 of Mexico's 324 stories about harm, carried by 662 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (22 stories). Storm surge was named in 164 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms and power cuts.
Protests & strikes
73 of its 217 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 12 of Sao Paulo's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Conflict & violence
32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Damascus accounted for 18 of Syria's 32 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Health
Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
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Protests & strikes
12 of its 35 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 3 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).
Protests & strikes
Nairobi accounted for 61 of Kenya's 120 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 32 of Nairobi's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
95 of its 191 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
Disasters & accidents
19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories).
Rights & justice
30 of its 161 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Rights & justice
27 of its 76 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
Also named far more than usual:
volcanic eruption in Italy (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Jamaica (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); bridge collapse in India (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
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For the second day running, the news turned to Mexico. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 88,316 stories, below the usual 18. Mexico's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 6 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today.
17 in every 100 of the day's 88,316 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Mexico: 324 of its 571 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Brazil: 73 of its 217 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Syria: 32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. UK: Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Mentions of storm surge ran about 5 times their usual in Mexico's news. Mentions of Covid ran about 8 times their usual in Brazil's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Mexico. A year earlier, on 6 July 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Uruguay: too little coverage to read Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: too little coverage to read South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or less Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: too little coverage to read Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: too little coverage to read Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: too little coverage to read Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovakia: about as warm as its own usual or less Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: about as warm as its own usual or less Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: about as warm as its own usual or less Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or less St. Lucia: too little coverage to read Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: about as warm as its own usual or less Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: about as warm as its own usual or less Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: about as warm as its own usual or less Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: about as warm as its own usual or less Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: about as warm as its own usual or less Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritania: about as warm as its own usual or less Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: too little coverage to read North Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: about as warm as its own usual or less Lesotho: too little coverage to read Lebanon: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: about as warm as its own usual or less Laos: about as warm as its own usual or less Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: too little coverage to read Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Ireland: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: about as warm as its own usual or less Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: about as warm as its own usual or less Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: too little coverage to read Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Germany: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: about as warm as its own usual or less Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: about as warm as its own usual or less Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: about as warm as its own usual or less Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: about as warm as its own usual or less Côte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or less Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: about as warm as its own usual or less Chad: about as warm as its own usual or less Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or less Brunei: about as warm as its own usual or less Brazil: too little coverage to read Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: about as warm as its own usual or less Bhutan: about as warm as its own usual or less Benin: about as warm as its own usual or less Belize: about as warm as its own usual or less Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: about as warm as its own usual or less Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: too little coverage to read Bahrain: too little coverage to read Bahamas: too little coverage to read Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: too little coverage to read Antigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or less Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: about as warm as its own usual or less Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: too little coverage to read Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: about as warm as its own usual or less British Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Turks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: too little coverage to read Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read UK: warmth about its own usual Tajikistan: warmth about its own usual Malawi: warmth about its own usual Kyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usual Grenada: warmth about its own usual Azerbaijan: warmth about its own usual Afghanistan: warmth about its own usual Baku, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 30 outlets Clacton, UK -- rights & justice: 66 stories, carried by 97 outlets Sunak, India -- health: 25 stories, carried by 19 outlets Wellington, New Zealand -- health: 27 stories, carried by 15 outlets Shanghai, China -- health: 23 stories, carried by 25 outlets Kentucky, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outlets Kano, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 12 stories, carried by 10 outlets Leicester, UK -- disasters & accidents: 36 stories, carried by 24 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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