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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,213 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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The news turned to the earthquake in Indonesia, violence in Kyiv and people displaced in Bucharest. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia → Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Australia → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 78 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 23
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

68 of its 100 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sumatra accounted for 27 of Indonesia's 68 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with landslides and tsunami. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sumatra stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

1,700 of its 4,200 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kyiv accounted for 1,139 of Ukraine's 1,700 stories about harm, carried by 1,084 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Train derailment was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Azerbaijan

69 of its 88 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Khojaly accounted for 63 of Azerbaijan's 69 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

10 of its 16 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Zimbabwe

40 of its 107 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and storms.

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Health

India

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Polio was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Australia (55 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); polio in India (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 11,213 stories about harm among 48,274 counted on 26 Feb.

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Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 48,274 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Indonesia for the second day running. Indonesia's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Azerbaijan78 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia68 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong66 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Philippines41 in 100 of its 370 stories · usually 43 · mostly health Bangladesh41 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1139 Moscow Russia141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Washington US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Ottawa Canada42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 Lagos Nigeria18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: 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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Azerbaijan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 1,700 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 742 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories a little warmer than the world's · 9 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 4,516 stories · much less than usual (usually 51%) Rights & justice17% 1,857 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,743 stories · much more than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,083 stories · about as usual Displacement8% 867 stories · much more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 396 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 347 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 262 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 killed2,805 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people injured862 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests858 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees267 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations231 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Australia Stories reporting people displaced130 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions118 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Azerbaijan Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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.

● Angerabout one and a half times 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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