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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,526 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Violence in Kyiv, rights and justice in Bangui and protests in Yaounde (Cameroon) drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 35 in 100 of its 5,705 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

2,015 of its 5,705 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kyiv accounted for 1,193 of Ukraine's 2,015 stories about harm, carried by 1,310 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (325 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 16 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

14 of its 34 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 3 of Casablanca's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Nepal

25 of its 52 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 19 of Nepal's 25 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets.

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Health

Azerbaijan

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Singapore

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Australia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 Feb. 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 20,526 stories about harm among 89,855 counted on 24 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 89,855 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 24. Yemen's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. On 24 February 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. In Ukraine, 35% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria64 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong56 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Nepal48 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Bahamas47 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 33 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1193 Moscow Russia148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 788 Ottawa Canada104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Wellington New Zealand33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 2,015 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 1,362 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 21 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 9,333 stories · much less than usual (usually 52%) Rights & justice17% 3,361 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,800 stories · much more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,128 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 918 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 690 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 566 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 548 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 killed4,445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured996 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees237 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people displaced188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations163 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Costa Rica and the US

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.