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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.

its stories →
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

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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.

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 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 lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 readSt 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: 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): 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualConnecticut, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 30 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 14 outletsMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 34 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 60 stories, carried by 50 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 44 stories, carried by 20 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsNenagh, Ireland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 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

● Connecticut US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Mopti Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 60 stories

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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