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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

how these are picked →
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.

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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.

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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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessIreland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 usualGhana: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAccra, Ghana -- health: 12 stories, carried by 58 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsArizona, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsMerseyside, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 145 outletsLuhansk, Ukraine -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 25 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsPune, India -- health: 25 stories, carried by 21 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

● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Merseyside UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 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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