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9,500 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, wildfires in South Korea and refugees in Romania. Ukraine's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia → Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 48 in 100 of its 3,073 stories, usually 38
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

1,473 of its 3,073 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 633 of Ukraine's 1,473 stories about harm, carried by 972 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (268 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Health

South Korea

51 of its 158 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

728 of its 2,691 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

43 of its 60 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Damascus accounted for 16 of Syria's 43 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

30 of its 37 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Poland

32 of its 86 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Moldova

14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (186 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in India (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Russia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 9,500 stories about harm among 39,577 counted on 6 Mar.

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Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 39,577 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. A year earlier, on 6 March 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria72 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia55 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Hong Kong53 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Kashmir52 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine48 in 100 of its 3,073 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 633 Moscow Russia102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Washington US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Chernihiv Ukraine29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Hagerstown US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: 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 lessGuam: 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: no storiesCayman 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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 lessThailand: 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: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: no storiesSlovakia: 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 lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: 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 lessPalau: no storiesOman: 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: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: no storiesNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: 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: no storiesMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: 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 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 lessIran: 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 lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: 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 lessGeorgia: 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: no storiesNew 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: no storiesEl 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 lessDR Congo: 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 lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: 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 lessAustralia: 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: no storiesAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: 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): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. 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: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: no storiesSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: no storiesNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: no storiesNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 81 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Vietnam: 42 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 48 in 100 of its 3,073 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tunisia: 75 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 72 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Korea: 32 in 100 of its 158 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Africa: 37 in 100 of its 286 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Romania: 46 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Poland: 37 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Philippines: 32 in 100 of its 267 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Panama: 47 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Pakistan: 36 in 100 of its 433 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)New Zealand: 37 in 100 of its 316 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malaysia: 35 in 100 of its 253 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malawi: 38 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Lebanon: 47 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 37 in 100 of its 292 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 49 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Indonesia: 55 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Hong Kong: 53 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 35 in 100 of its 158 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 46 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ukraine: 48 in 100 of its 3,073 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kashmir: 52 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
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 24 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 72 in 100 of its 60 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ukraine 48 in 100 of its 3,073 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Indonesia 55 in 100 of its 58 stories · mostly health ● Kashmir 52 in 100 of its 71 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Hong Kong 53 in 100 of its 59 stories · mostly health ● Afghanistan 46 in 100 of its 95 stories · mostly conflict & violence

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 3,325 stories · much less than usual (usually 48%) Conflict & violence17% 1,604 stories · much more than usual (usually 10%) Rights & justice16% 1,462 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents12% 1,136 stories · about as usual Displacement11% 1,005 stories · much more than usual (usually 3%) Food & livelihood4% 344 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 293 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 243 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 killed2,346 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,522 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people injured738 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees671 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting arrests668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations449 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting people displaced102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions72 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about twice the usual rate · most about Jamaica and Ireland

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.

● Angera little more than 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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