We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
239 of its 336 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Heavy rain was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 105 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
44 of its 85 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Minsk accounted for 34 of Belarus' 44 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. 19 of Minsk's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
162 of its 391 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
125 of its 138 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 53 of Mozambique's 125 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
98 of its 195 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 19 of Bangkok's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
106 of its 151 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
23 of its 26 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Yangon accounted for 99 of Myanmar's 163 stories about harm, carried by 322 outlets. 89 of Yangon's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
50 of its 94 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Venezuela (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (81 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Syria (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (28 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 20,996 stories about harm among 80,725 counted on 29 Mar.
Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Mozambique. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 80,725 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Indonesia. In Venezuela's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual. A year earlier, on 29 March 2020, 44 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Countries with at least 50 stories that day.
Stories, not people.
The day's biggest events: attacks, accidents and disasters, people displaced, protests, outbreaks. Bigger dot: more stories. Ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported it and how clearly it was about one thing, the same way for every place and year; the news data does not say who attacked whom, so both sides of a war appear where the news put them. Click a dot for its stories.
Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
The words in the day's stories were harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: 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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