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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,553 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 violence in Kyiv, protests in Wellington (New Zealand) and people displaced in Bucharest. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as 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 →
Part of lifeHealth 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostRomania 47 in 100 of its 174 stories, usually 19
RegionOceania 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

2,486 of its 5,961 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kyiv accounted for 1,013 of Ukraine's 2,486 stories about harm, carried by 986 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 27 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 →
Protests & strikes

New Zealand

Wellington accounted for 100 of New Zealand's 206 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. 81 of Wellington's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

New Zealand over 30 days → its stories → Wellington stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

559 of its 1,656 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (62 stories). Flooding was named in 207 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and power cuts.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Azerbaijan

34 of its 103 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 105 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

64 of its 117 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Poland

58 of its 163 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 7 of Caracas' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Afghanistan (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (10 of its stories, about 4 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 2 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 20,553 stories about harm among 89,834 counted on 2 Mar.

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Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. of the day's 89,834 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. On 2 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 23 today. In Ukraine, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria70 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong60 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Portugal55 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Romania47 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 19 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 931 Kyiv Ukraine205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1013 Moscow Russia114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557 Wellington New Zealand81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Kharkiv Ukraine63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 494

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: 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 more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 2,486 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 1,302 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Jamaica few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health45% 9,166 stories · less than usual (usually 49%) Rights & justice16% 3,208 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 2,628 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,857 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 1,317 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood5% 990 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 514 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 killed4,786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,189 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests1,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees566 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations476 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Australia Stories reporting people displaced200 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill14 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 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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