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11,596 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Philippine, violence in Jerusalem and protests in Nairobi (Kenya). Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUS 30 in 100 of its 18,205 stories, usually 21
RegionNorth America 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Philippines

161 of its 382 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Philippine accounted for 105 of the Philippines' 161 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

447 of its 642 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Jerusalem accounted for 130 of Israel's 447 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (208 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

US

5,539 of its 18,205 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (2,341 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

129 of its 184 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 98 of Palestine's 129 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 24 of Syria's 28 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

104 of its 298 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Canada

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 26 of Kashmir's 58 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. 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: dengue in Ghana (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (25 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hiv in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in UK (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in US (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 11,596 stories about harm among 53,287 counted on 14 Jul.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 15 October 2023. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Ghana's news. of the day's 53,287 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine70 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 642 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan44 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir43 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Kenya42 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1041 Pennsylvania US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 864 Islamabad Pakistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Jerusalem Israel23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Nairobi Kenya23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHumshaugh, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsToronto, Canada -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 32 outletsDoncaster, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 48 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 24 stories, carried by 14 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

● Humshaugh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Doncaster UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 3,805 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Health22% 2,459 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,599 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice14% 1,573 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 1,006 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Displacement3% 376 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 310 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 236 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 injured3,100 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people killed2,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests731 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced173 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations72 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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