We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,544 of its 6,014 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kyiv accounted for 1,118 of Ukraine's 2,544 stories about harm, carried by 991 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
24 of its 33 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
571 of its 1,720 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Flooding was named in 212 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms, heavy rain and power cuts.
28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 19 of Nepal's 28 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets.
Jenin accounted for 24 of Palestine's 39 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
47 of its 103 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
54 of its 137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
25 of its 47 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
9 of its 14 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 3 of Tocoa's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.
24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 10 of Khartoum's 13 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,754 stories about harm among 87,442 counted on 1 Mar.
Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,442 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Australia's news mentioned flooding about 6 times as often as usual. On 1 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. Over February, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 in February 2021.
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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