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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,625 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 Damascus, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and people displaced in Warsaw. Syria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia →
Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 43 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 28
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

61 of its 85 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Damascus accounted for 19 of Syria's 61 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Displacement

Poland

98 of its 276 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Warsaw accounted for 55 of Poland's 98 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories).

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

Russia

1,359 of its 5,039 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (136 stories). Plague was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

29 of its 67 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 20 of Lebanon's 29 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Puerto Rico

18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 640 of Ukraine's 1,763 stories about harm, carried by 913 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Nepal

19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plague in Russia (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in UK (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 19,625 stories about harm among 88,745 counted on 10 Mar.

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Indonesia's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 88,745 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. On 10 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Syria's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 58%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria72 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong53 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 58 · mostly health Iraq49 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela48 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir47 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Moscow Russia95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 550 Kyiv Ukraine55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 640 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Manhattan US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● India about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 755 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 1,359 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 1,763 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 13 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 8,568 stories · less than usual (usually 46%) Rights & justice16% 3,135 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,339 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,927 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,311 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Displacement6% 1,129 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 502 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 499 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 killed3,897 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees861 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations296 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced217 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting abductions139 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 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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