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17,426 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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Most of the day's attention went to people displaced in Kyiv, heavy rain in Malaysia and violence in Jerusalem. Ukraine's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were 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 the US → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 47 in 100 of its 4,270 stories, usually 38
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Ukraine

2,013 of its 4,270 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 992 of Ukraine's 2,013 stories about harm, carried by 1,110 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (327 stories). Plague was 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.

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

Malaysia

145 of its 361 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 76 of Malaysia's 145 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Kuala Lumpur stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 95 of Israel's 163 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Mali

42 of its 49 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Taiwan

45 of its 122 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Taipei accounted for 34 of Taiwan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Displacement

Yemen

45 of its 59 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

70 of its 103 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Damascus accounted for 47 of Syria's 70 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Australia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (182 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in UK (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,426 stories about harm among 75,184 counted on 7 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 75,184 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the drought ran about 8 times their usual in Brazil's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Syria68 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia53 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong48 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 58 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 992 Moscow Russia131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 567 Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Dublin Ireland23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Petersburg Russia22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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 readEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrazil: 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'sBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 247 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 2,013 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 7,054 stories · much less than usual (usually 47%) Rights & justice16% 2,745 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 2,212 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,829 stories · about as usual Displacement9% 1,536 stories · much more than usual (usually 4%) Food & livelihood5% 855 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 583 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 462 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 killed3,866 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,408 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests1,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured939 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees927 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations562 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced226 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions84 at about the usual rate

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.

● 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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