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The day's news pointed at flooding in Bangladesh, wildfires in Spain and protests in Mexico City (Mexico). Spain's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSpain 36 in 100 of its 631 stories, usually 12
RegionCentral Asia 16 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

73 of its 135 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 43 of Bangladesh's 73 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Spain

225 of its 631 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Wildfires were named in 170 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

68 of its 262 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 3 of Mexico City's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Mexico City stories →
Health

Sudan

40 of its 46 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kordofan accounted for 18 of Sudan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Cholera was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Kordofan stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

43 of its 151 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

60 of its 150 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Negombo accounted for 35 of Sri Lanka's 60 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

432 of its 1,298 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

La Guaira accounted for 38 of Venezuela's 60 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Portugal

46 of its 141 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in China (45 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Taiwan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); illness in Venezuela (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 9 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 10 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 13,219 stories about harm among 71,187 counted on 10 Jul.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 71,187 stories, as usual. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. In Bangladesh, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. On 10 July 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria56 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh54 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela54 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba50 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Palestine49 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 385 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Tehran Iran31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Houston US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJapan: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readPakistan: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualOyo State, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 14 outletsOgbomoso, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsManila, Philippines -- disasters & accidents: 26 stories, carried by 14 outletsBristol, UK -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 18 outletsColorado Springs, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 36 outletsMississippi, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 24 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Oyo State Nigeria about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Ogbomoso Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Manila Philippines about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 26 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Colorado Springs US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,349 stories · about as usual Health23% 3,046 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,896 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,573 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 726 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 585 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 458 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 337 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 killed3,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,726 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,481 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured818 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations262 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting abductions153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees60 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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