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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualKarbala, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBannu Cantonment, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 19 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsCalifornia, US -- health: 56 stories, carried by 149 outletsManila, Philippines -- health: 22 stories, carried by 12 outletsParis, France -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 105 outletsAylesbury, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 61 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

● Karbala Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Bannu Cantonment Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 56 stories

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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