We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
2,013 of its 4,270 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 992 of Ukraine's 2,013 stories about harm, carried by 1,110 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (327 stories). Plague was 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.
145 of its 361 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 76 of Malaysia's 145 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 95 of Israel's 163 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Outbreaks were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 54 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).
42 of its 49 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 122 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Taipei accounted for 34 of Taiwan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).
45 of its 59 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
70 of its 103 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Damascus accounted for 47 of Syria's 70 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Australia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (182 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Philippines (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in UK (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,426 stories about harm among 75,184 counted on 7 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 75,184 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the drought ran about 8 times their usual in Brazil's news.
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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