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11,297 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Abuja (Nigeria), violence in Mogadishu and bridge collapse in China. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSomalia 94 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 50
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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 →
Protests & strikes

Nigeria

346 of its 1,060 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 73 of Abuja's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories → Abuja stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

137 of its 145 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Mogadishu accounted for 127 of Somalia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 350 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

170 of its 780 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iran

184 of its 299 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tehran accounted for 149 of Iran's 184 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

95 of its 178 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 67 of Venezuela's 95 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. 55 of Caracas' 67 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (50 stories).

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Protests & strikes

UK

897 of its 3,560 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 190 of Southport's 222 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (189 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

137 of its 190 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 83 of Palestine's 137 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

48 of its 91 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

7 of its 11 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 4 of Banjul's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Philippines (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Brazil (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (156 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Aug. 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 11,297 stories about harm among 56,824 counted on 3 Aug.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 56,824 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. A year earlier, on 4 August 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Nigeria, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia94 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 592 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran62 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh61 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Southport UK190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Abuja Nigeria73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Dhaka Bangladesh70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Caracas Venezuela55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Lagos Nigeria51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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 lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualImphal, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKarnataka, India -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsArizona, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 17 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

● Imphal India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Karnataka India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Beijing China 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 →

Rights & justice26% 2,826 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents23% 2,548 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health22% 2,380 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence17% 1,865 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 503 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 385 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 316 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 246 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 killed3,147 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,532 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people affected1,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions145 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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
● 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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