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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,431 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 day's news pointed at people displaced in Kyiv, violence in Udhampur and protests in Bamako (Mali). Ukraine's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAntarctica 78 in 100 of its 69 stories, usually 31
RegionOceania 31 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

how these are picked →
Displacement

Ukraine

2,037 of its 4,391 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kyiv accounted for 851 of Ukraine's 2,037 stories about harm, carried by 966 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Plague was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with power cuts and hypothermia. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

45 of its 72 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Udhampur accounted for 27 of Kashmir's 45 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Udhampur stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

23 of its 30 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 5 of Bamako's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Türkiye

89 of its 235 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Plague was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Algeria

11 of its 19 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

13 of its 25 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

22 of its 51 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

57 of its 159 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (71 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in South Africa (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in India (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Russia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in US (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 20,431 stories about harm among 89,202 counted on 9 Mar.

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For the fifth day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 89,202 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. Australia's news mentioned wildfires about three times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Antarctica78 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong50 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Ukraine46 in 100 of its 4,391 stories · usually 39 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Moscow Russia125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 506 Kyiv Ukraine89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 851 Grand Rapids US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Jerusalem Israel31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: 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 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesThailand: 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: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: 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 lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: 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: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: 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: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: 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: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalawi: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: 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 lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: 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 lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: 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: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: 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: near the world's share or lessDenmark: 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 lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: 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 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 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 lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 48 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Vietnam: 31 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Venezuela: 44 in 100 of its 193 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Puerto Rico: 52 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 46 in 100 of its 4,391 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Türkiye: 38 in 100 of its 235 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 38 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 60 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 53 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Africa: 37 in 100 of its 868 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 74 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 39 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Philippines: 36 in 100 of its 564 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Panama: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)New Zealand: 35 in 100 of its 510 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Nepal: 40 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mozambique: 48 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mali: 77 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Malaysia: 37 in 100 of its 413 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Lebanon: 43 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Laos: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Jamaica: 32 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 34 in 100 of its 366 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 46 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iran: 36 in 100 of its 159 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 33 in 100 of its 171 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Haiti: 70 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guatemala: 74 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ethiopia: 57 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Eritrea: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Congo: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Hong Kong: 50 in 100 of its 132 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Chile: 40 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cambodia: 40 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 51 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Brunei: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Benin: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 40 in 100 of its 169 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Austria: 39 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Australia: 30 in 100 of its 1,626 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Algeria: 58 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 44 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 46 in 100 of its 4,391 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 46 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 62 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
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 23 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

● Antarctica 78 in 100 of its 69 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Syria 60 in 100 of its 86 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Kashmir 62 in 100 of its 72 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ukraine 46 in 100 of its 4,391 stories · mostly displacement ● Hong Kong 50 in 100 of its 132 stories · mostly health ● Venezuela 44 in 100 of its 193 stories · mostly rights & justice

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 8,511 stories · less than usual (usually 47%) Rights & justice17% 3,462 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,382 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 2,156 stories · about as usual Displacement7% 1,347 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Food & livelihood6% 1,190 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 602 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 540 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 killed4,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,537 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests1,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees924 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations490 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions233 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced226 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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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