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The day's news pointed at violence in Sweida, illness in Kigali and rights and justice in Pakistan. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 68 in 100 of its 208 stories, usually 52
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

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Conflict & violence

Syria

142 of its 208 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Sweida accounted for 89 of Syria's 142 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

25 of its 55 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tigray accounted for 19 of Ethiopia's 25 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

61 of its 144 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Netherlands

46 of its 200 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Kordofan accounted for 16 of Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Drought was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with measles, tornadoes and diphtheria.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 104 of Palestine's 149 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in UK (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in India (38 of its stories, about three 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 15 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 17,020 stories about harm among 92,686 counted on 15 Jul.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Syria. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,686 stories, as usual. Syria's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%. A year earlier, on 15 July 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria68 in 100 of its 208 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel57 in 100 of its 780 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia45 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon43 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 538 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Hollywood US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Camarillo US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34 Bhubaneswar India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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 readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readWestern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 445 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 191 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,394 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,972 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,907 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,028 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 846 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 600 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 560 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 403 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 killed4,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,889 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,023 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions244 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced153 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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