We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
73 of its 176 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Colombo accounted for 53 of Sri Lanka's 73 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Kyiv accounted for 757 of Ukraine's 1,913 stories about harm, carried by 889 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Illness was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Kuala Lumpur accounted for 83 of Malaysia's 149 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
72 of its 181 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 45 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
131 of its 360 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories).
13 of its 32 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 3 of Monrovia's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
27 of its 54 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kigali accounted for 16 of Rwanda's 27 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (155 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Landslides were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.
Also named far more than usual: landslides in Australia (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,175 stories about harm among 88,053 counted on 8 Mar.
Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. of the day's 88,053 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 8 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. In Sri Lanka, 41% 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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