We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,486 of its 5,961 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kyiv accounted for 1,013 of Ukraine's 2,486 stories about harm, carried by 986 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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.
Wellington accounted for 100 of New Zealand's 206 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. 81 of Wellington's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
81 of its 174 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 57 of Romania's 81 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).
559 of its 1,656 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (62 stories). Flooding was named in 207 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and power cuts.
34 of its 103 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kabul accounted for 58 of Afghanistan's 105 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
64 of its 117 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).
58 of its 163 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).
17 of its 32 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 7 of Caracas' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Afghanistan (33 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 20,553 stories about harm among 89,834 counted on 2 Mar.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. of the day's 89,834 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. On 2 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 23 today. In Ukraine, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual.
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 about as 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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