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19,754 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 day's news pointed at violence in Kyiv, abductions in South Sudan and flooding in Australia. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read 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 volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 46 in 100 of its 103 stories, usually 26
RegionOceania 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

2,544 of its 6,014 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 1,118 of Ukraine's 2,544 stories about harm, carried by 991 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with polio. 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 →
Rights & justice

South Sudan

24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

571 of its 1,720 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Flooding was named in 212 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and power cuts.

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

Palestine

Jenin accounted for 24 of Palestine's 39 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

47 of its 103 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

54 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

25 of its 47 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 3 of Tocoa's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 10 of Khartoum's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
25 in 10022 in 10031 Jan7 Feb14 Feb21 Feb1 Mar31 Jan: 25 in 1001 Feb: 24 in 1002 Feb: 24 in 1003 Feb: 25 in 1004 Feb: 24 in 1005 Feb: 25 in 1006 Feb: 24 in 1007 Feb: 23 in 1008 Feb: 23 in 1009 Feb: 22 in 10010 Feb: 23 in 10011 Feb: 23 in 10012 Feb: 23 in 10013 Feb: 22 in 10014 Feb: 22 in 10015 Feb: 23 in 10016 Feb: 23 in 10017 Feb: 24 in 10018 Feb: 24 in 10019 Feb: 25 in 10020 Feb: 25 in 10021 Feb: 24 in 10022 Feb: 23 in 10023 Feb: 23 in 10024 Feb: 23 in 10025 Feb: 23 in 10026 Feb: 23 in 10027 Feb: 23 in 10028 Feb: 22 in 1001 Mar: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Mar. 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 19,754 stories about harm among 87,442 counted on 1 Mar.

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Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,442 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Australia's news mentioned flooding about 6 times as often as usual. On 1 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. Over February, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 in February 2021.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong60 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 56 · mostly displacement Palestine53 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal50 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 34 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1118 Washington US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 731 Moscow Russia132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Kharkiv Ukraine44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 492 Wellington New Zealand27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: no storiesUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: no storiesNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 39 in 100 of its 137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Yemen: 55 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guam: 40 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 42 in 100 of its 6,014 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 53 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Trinidad & Tobago: 41 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Thailand: 32 in 100 of its 192 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 70 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Sudan: 73 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 38 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Africa: 30 in 100 of its 781 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 53 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Portugal: 46 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Philippines: 44 in 100 of its 597 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Pakistan: 31 in 100 of its 546 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)New Zealand: 34 in 100 of its 500 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nepal: 50 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mozambique: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Malawi: 40 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 34 in 100 of its 456 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 45 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iran: 35 in 100 of its 124 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 33 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Honduras: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Haiti: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guatemala: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Georgia: 47 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)DR Congo: 100 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hong Kong: 60 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 35 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 63 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Burkina Faso: 78 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 33 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Australia: 33 in 100 of its 1,720 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Andorra: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 56 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 42 in 100 of its 6,014 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 23 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 70 in 100 of its 88 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Hong Kong 60 in 100 of its 131 stories · mostly health ● Afghanistan 56 in 100 of its 131 stories · mostly displacement ● Philippines 44 in 100 of its 597 stories · mostly health ● Ukraine 42 in 100 of its 6,014 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 53 in 100 of its 73 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 8,656 stories · much less than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice16% 3,161 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,696 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,966 stories · about as usual Displacement7% 1,274 stories · more than usual (usually 2%) Food & livelihood4% 719 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 459 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 killed4,580 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,026 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests1,265 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured1,169 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees520 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations424 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Australia Stories reporting people displaced184 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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.