We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
115 of its 165 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Beiarn accounted for 43 of Norway's 115 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Plane crash was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
267 of its 832 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
41 of its 100 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 336 of Ukraine's 852 stories about harm, carried by 760 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (129 stories). Plane crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
46 of its 97 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 28 of Iran's 46 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
31 of its 96 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Jammu accounted for 31 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Ukraine (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 10,048 stories about harm among 44,878 counted on 19 Mar.
Norway stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 44,878 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Norway's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 March 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.
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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