We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
61 of its 85 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Damascus accounted for 19 of Syria's 61 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 7 of Tbilisi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
98 of its 276 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Warsaw accounted for 55 of Poland's 98 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories).
28 of its 58 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).
1,359 of its 5,039 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (136 stories). Plague was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
29 of its 67 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 20 of Lebanon's 29 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).
18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 640 of Ukraine's 1,763 stories about harm, carried by 913 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
19 of its 40 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plague in Russia (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in UK (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 19,625 stories about harm among 88,745 counted on 10 Mar.
Indonesia's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 88,745 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. On 10 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today. Syria's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 58%.
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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