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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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

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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 the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualKathmandu, Nepal -- health: 19 stories, carried by 58 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 51 stories, carried by 42 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 42 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 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

● Kathmandu Nepal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 51 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 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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