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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,406 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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Violence in Kyiv, rights and justice in Siret and people injured in Chile drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 65 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 19
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

1,232 of its 2,576 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 627 of Ukraine's 1,232 stories about harm, carried by 889 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Extreme cold was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Siret accounted for 27 of Romania's 45 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Saudi Arabia

137 of its 212 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mecca accounted for 42 of Saudi Arabia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

62 of its 103 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Pulwama accounted for 28 of Kashmir's 62 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

36 of its 43 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Sanaa accounted for 14 of Yemen's 36 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

El Salvador

10 of its 12 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Australia (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Russia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in US (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 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 12 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 11,406 stories about harm among 48,125 counted on 12 Mar.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 48,125 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. On 12 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 24 today. Ukraine stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Romania71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice Syria70 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong69 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 57 · mostly health Saudi Arabia65 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 19 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir60 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 Moscow Russia57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Washington US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Islamabad Pakistan18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'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'sMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 612 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 1,232 stories about harm ● UK a little warmer than the world's · 592 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 4,471 stories · much less than usual (usually 46%) Rights & justice19% 2,111 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,631 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents11% 1,241 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 616 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 532 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 410 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 282 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 killed2,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured605 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees477 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Russia Stories reporting evacuations257 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced150 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Yemen Stories reporting abductions117 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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