We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,473 of its 3,073 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 633 of Ukraine's 1,473 stories about harm, carried by 972 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (268 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
51 of its 158 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
22 of its 48 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).
9 of its 20 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%.
728 of its 2,691 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Power cuts were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
43 of its 60 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Damascus accounted for 16 of Syria's 43 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
30 of its 37 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Sanaa accounted for 17 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 86 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories).
14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).
Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in US (186 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); heavy rain in India (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Russia (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 9,500 stories about harm among 39,577 counted on 6 Mar.
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 39,577 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. A year earlier, on 6 March 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.
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 much 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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