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18,739 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Violence in Srebrenica, flooding in South Africa and arrests in Cuba drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken 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 mostBosnia 96 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 34
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

54 of its 56 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Srebrenica accounted for 53 of Bosnia's 54 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

289 of its 822 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and landslides.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

43 of its 89 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 49 of Kashmir's 80 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 38 of Iran's 55 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

45 of its 151 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

50 of its 211 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

9 of its 12 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bhutan

6 of its 14 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Iran (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in Japan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (46 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in China (10 of its stories, about 6 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 11 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 18,739 stories about harm among 104,761 counted on 11 Jul.

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In Bosnia, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 104,761 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 12 July 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia96 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 907 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq54 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 535 Nairobi Kenya38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Hollywood US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Moscow Russia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Gaza Palestine28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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 readNamibia: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJordan: 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: 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 lessGrenada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOrlando, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 41 outletsKathua, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsManipur, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsWalsall, UK -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 29 stories, carried by 19 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

● Vienna Austria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Orlando US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Kathua Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Manipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,415 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,079 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,742 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,996 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 920 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 869 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 847 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 459 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 killed4,205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,043 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured904 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations227 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill27 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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