We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
45 of its 61 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Mogadishu accounted for 35 of Somalia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
78 of its 231 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cairo accounted for 45 of Egypt's 78 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
58 of its 170 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.
24 of its 65 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 4 of Minsk's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.
232 of its 499 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beersheba accounted for 97 of Israel's 232 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
231 of its 504 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, power cuts and cyclone.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Poisoning was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hypothermia, avalanche and hurricane. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
41 of its 95 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
50 of its 166 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
255 of its 970 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Afghanistan (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in China (70 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); natural hazards in Jamaica (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in US (471 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 19,622 stories about harm among 88,746 counted on 23 Mar.
It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 14 February 2022. of the day's 88,746 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 22 today. Somalia's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%.
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 softer 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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