We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Lusaka accounted for 15 of Zambia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 687 of Ukraine's 1,713 stories about harm, carried by 936 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (160 stories). Extreme cold was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
57 of its 103 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 5 of Buenos Aires' 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
29 of its 33 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cyclone was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm and heavy rain.
75 of its 178 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Riyadh accounted for 41 of Saudi Arabia's 75 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).
40 of its 121 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 7 of Santiago's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Plague was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flu and hiv. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
76 of its 199 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories).
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Australia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tuberculosis in US (114 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plague in Russia (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 19,387 stories about harm among 83,918 counted on 11 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 83,918 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and Russia. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Japan's news. In Zambia, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% 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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