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19,515 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Bangkok, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and heavy rain in Afghanistan. Kashmir's coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostOman 75 in 100 of its 170 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Thailand

128 of its 313 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Bangkok accounted for 102 of Thailand's 128 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (93 stories). Poisoning was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

155 of its 290 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 107 of Bangladesh's 155 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 96 of Dhaka's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

94 of its 127 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (56 stories). Heavy rain was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

188 of its 266 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 153 of Kashmir's 188 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Kenya

Nairobi accounted for 93 of Kenya's 149 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 58 of Nairobi's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Oman

127 of its 170 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Health

Côte d’Ivoire

18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Malaria was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

307 of its 689 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

104 of its 210 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

180 of its 242 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 143 of Palestine's 180 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Côte d’Ivoire (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Belize (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Italy (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (57 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 19,515 stories about harm among 104,169 counted on 16 Jul.

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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Thailand's news. of the day's 104,169 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Thailand stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. A year earlier, on 17 July 2023, 19 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 →

Rwanda78 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Oman75 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 11 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine74 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir71 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 775 Dhaka Bangladesh96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Dublin Ireland75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Nairobi Kenya58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Milwaukee US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about 5 times as fearful as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Thailand about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 498 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 155 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,073 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 4,008 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence19% 3,543 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,514 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,043 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 847 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 664 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 449 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 killed4,321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,149 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions289 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced194 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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 about as 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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