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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Bamako, illness in Guinea and people killed in Italy. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.
Conflict & violence
32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 32 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Health
5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
41 of its 213 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories).
Shelter & services
40 of its 76 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 23 of Cuba's 40 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets.
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Conflict & violence
212 of its 533 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 162 of Iran's 212 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Conflict & violence
95 of its 257 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Conflict & violence
26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Damascus accounted for 19 of Syria's 26 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Disasters & accidents
Caracas accounted for 82 of Venezuela's 94 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Rights & justice
Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Health
Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual:
power cuts in Russia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (133 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Nigeria (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
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In Russia's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 39,205 stories, as usual. Mali's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. A year earlier, on 4 July 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.
18 in every 100 of the day's 39,205 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 18). Mali: 32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Guinea: 5 of its 6 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Italy: 41 of its 213 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Cuba: 40 of its 76 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual in Russia's news. Mentions of the heatwave ran about 6 times their usual in the US's news. Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual. A year earlier, on 4 July 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Written by code from the day's numbers.
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or less Zambia: too little coverage to read Yemen: about as warm as its own usual or less Vietnam: about as warm as its own usual or less Venezuela: about as warm as its own usual or less Vanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or less Uzbekistan: too little coverage to read Uruguay: about as warm as its own usual or less Micronesia: too little coverage to read U.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Guam: about as warm as its own usual or less Puerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or less United States: about as warm as its own usual or less South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to read Falkland Islands: too little coverage to read Cayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less Isle of Man: too little coverage to read United Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or less United Arab Emirates: too little coverage to read Ukraine: about as warm as its own usual or less Uganda: about as warm as its own usual or less Turkmenistan: too little coverage to read Turkey: about as warm as its own usual or less Tunisia: about as warm as its own usual or less Trinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or less Tonga: too little coverage to read Togo: too little coverage to read Timor-Leste: too little coverage to read Thailand: about as warm as its own usual or less Tanzania: about as warm as its own usual or less Tajikistan: too little coverage to read Taiwan: about as warm as its own usual or less Syria: about as warm as its own usual or less Switzerland: about as warm as its own usual or less Sweden: about as warm as its own usual or less Eswatini: about as warm as its own usual or less Suriname: too little coverage to read South Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or less Sri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or less Spain: about as warm as its own usual or less South Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less South Africa: about as warm as its own usual or less Somalia: about as warm as its own usual or less Somaliland: too little coverage to read Solomon Islands: too little coverage to read Slovakia: too little coverage to read Slovenia: too little coverage to read Singapore: too little coverage to read Sierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or less Seychelles: too little coverage to read Serbia: too little coverage to read Senegal: too little coverage to read Saudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or less São Tomé: too little coverage to read Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or less St Vincent: too little coverage to read St. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or less Rwanda: about as warm as its own usual or less Russia: about as warm as its own usual or less Romania: about as warm as its own usual or less Qatar: about as warm as its own usual or less Portugal: about as warm as its own usual or less Poland: too little coverage to read Philippines: about as warm as its own usual or less Peru: about as warm as its own usual or less Paraguay: too little coverage to read Papua New Guinea: too little coverage to read Panama: about as warm as its own usual or less Palau: too little coverage to read Pakistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Oman: about as warm as its own usual or less Norway: about as warm as its own usual or less North Korea: about as warm as its own usual or less Nigeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Niger: too little coverage to read Nicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or less New Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or less Niue: too little coverage to read Netherlands: too little coverage to read Curaçao: too little coverage to read Nepal: about as warm as its own usual or less Namibia: about as warm as its own usual or less Mozambique: too little coverage to read Morocco: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara: too little coverage to read Montenegro: too little coverage to read Mongolia: about as warm as its own usual or less Moldova: too little coverage to read Mexico: about as warm as its own usual or less Mauritius: too little coverage to read Mauritania: too little coverage to read Malta: about as warm as its own usual or less Mali: about as warm as its own usual or less Malaysia: about as warm as its own usual or less Malawi: about as warm as its own usual or less Madagascar: about as warm as its own usual or less North Macedonia: too little coverage to read Luxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or less Lithuania: about as warm as its own usual or less Libya: about as warm as its own usual or less Liberia: too little coverage to read Lesotho: about as warm as its own usual or less Latvia: too little coverage to read Laos: too little coverage to read Kyrgyzstan: too little coverage to read Kuwait: about as warm as its own usual or less Kosovo: too little coverage to read Kiribati: too little coverage to read Kenya: about as warm as its own usual or less Kazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jordan: about as warm as its own usual or less Japan: about as warm as its own usual or less Jamaica: about as warm as its own usual or less Italy: about as warm as its own usual or less Israel: about as warm as its own usual or less Palestine: about as warm as its own usual or less Iraq: about as warm as its own usual or less Iran: about as warm as its own usual or less Indonesia: about as warm as its own usual or less India: about as warm as its own usual or less Iceland: about as warm as its own usual or less Hungary: about as warm as its own usual or less Honduras: too little coverage to read Haiti: about as warm as its own usual or less Guyana: too little coverage to read Guinea-Bissau: too little coverage to read Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or less Guatemala: about as warm as its own usual or less Grenada: too little coverage to read Greece: about as warm as its own usual or less Ghana: about as warm as its own usual or less Georgia: about as warm as its own usual or less Gambia: too little coverage to read Gabon: too little coverage to read France: about as warm as its own usual or less St Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to read French Polynesia: too little coverage to read New Caledonia: too little coverage to read French Southern Territories: too little coverage to read Åland Islands: too little coverage to read Finland: about as warm as its own usual or less Fiji: too little coverage to read Ethiopia: about as warm as its own usual or less Estonia: about as warm as its own usual or less Eritrea: about as warm as its own usual or less Equatorial Guinea: too little coverage to read El Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or less Egypt: about as warm as its own usual or less Ecuador: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Dominica: too little coverage to read Djibouti: about as warm as its own usual or less Greenland: too little coverage to read Faroe Islands: too little coverage to read Denmark: about as warm as its own usual or less Czech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less N. Cyprus: too little coverage to read Cyprus: about as warm as its own usual or less Cuba: about as warm as its own usual or less Croatia: too little coverage to read Côte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to read Costa Rica: about as warm as its own usual or less DR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Congo: about as warm as its own usual or less Comoros: too little coverage to read Colombia: about as warm as its own usual or less China: about as warm as its own usual or less Hong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or less Chile: too little coverage to read Chad: too little coverage to read Central African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or less Cape Verde: too little coverage to read Canada: about as warm as its own usual or less Cameroon: about as warm as its own usual or less Cambodia: about as warm as its own usual or less Myanmar: about as warm as its own usual or less Burundi: too little coverage to read Burkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or less Bulgaria: too little coverage to read Brunei: too little coverage to read Brazil: too little coverage to read Botswana: too little coverage to read Bosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to read Bolivia: too little coverage to read Bhutan: too little coverage to read Benin: too little coverage to read Belize: too little coverage to read Belgium: about as warm as its own usual or less Belarus: too little coverage to read Barbados: about as warm as its own usual or less Bangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahrain: about as warm as its own usual or less Bahamas: about as warm as its own usual or less Azerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or less Austria: about as warm as its own usual or less Australia: about as warm as its own usual or less Heard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to read Armenia: about as warm as its own usual or less Argentina: about as warm as its own usual or less Antigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to read Angola: too little coverage to read Andorra: too little coverage to read Algeria: about as warm as its own usual or less Albania: about as warm as its own usual or less Afghanistan: too little coverage to read Jammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or less Aksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or less Gaza: about as warm as its own usual or less West Bank: about as warm as its own usual or less Western Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to read Western Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to read Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Siachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or less Crimea: about as warm as its own usual or less East Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or less Azad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or less Vatican City: too little coverage to read Marshall Islands: too little coverage to read Northern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or less American Samoa: too little coverage to read Chagos Islands: too little coverage to read St. Helena: too little coverage to read Pitcairn: too little coverage to read Anguilla: too little coverage to read Bermuda: too little coverage to read British Virgin Islands: too little coverage to read Turks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to read Montserrat: too little coverage to read Jersey: about as warm as its own usual or less Guernsey: too little coverage to read San Marino: too little coverage to read St Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to read Cook Islands: too little coverage to read Aruba: too little coverage to read Nauru: too little coverage to read Monaco: about as warm as its own usual or less Maldives: too little coverage to read Liechtenstein: too little coverage to read Wallis & Futuna: too little coverage to read St. Martin: too little coverage to read St. Barthélemy: too little coverage to read Macao: about as warm as its own usual or less Norfolk Island: too little coverage to read Sint Maarten: too little coverage to read Christmas Island: too little coverage to read Gibraltar: too little coverage to read Mayotte: too little coverage to read Lebanon: warmth about its own usual Ireland: warmth about its own usual Germany: warmth about its own usual Arizona, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 12 outlets Berlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 45 outlets Damascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 12 outlets Beirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outlets Ibadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 15 outlets Philadelphia, US -- disasters & accidents: 64 stories, carried by 105 outlets Glasgow, UK -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 25 outlets Lampedusa, Italy -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 84 outlets
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.
The day in three measures
harsh warm
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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