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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 the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrantford, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsUtah, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsMontreal, Canada -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 30 stories, carried by 18 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsMedyka, Poland -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 26 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 39 stories, carried by 11 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

● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Brantford Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 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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