We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
245 of its 480 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beersheba accounted for 101 of Israel's 245 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 11 of Aung Hlaing's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
75 of its 175 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
40 of its 99 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
944 of its 3,112 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Poisoning was named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Kyiv accounted for 524 of Ukraine's 1,223 stories about harm, carried by 787 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (159 stories). Wildfires were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
41 of its 92 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 15 of Kampala's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
630 of its 1,943 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (113 stories). Plane crash was named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.
47 of its 146 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Khartoum accounted for 21 of Sudan's 32 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 20 of Khartoum's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: polio in Malawi (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in China (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (85 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 19,540 stories about harm among 85,790 counted on 22 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 85,790 stories, as usual. On 22 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 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 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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