We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
81 of its 139 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tigray accounted for 68 of Ethiopia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Extreme cold was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heatwave.
10 of its 22 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 4 of Tripoli's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.
22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
67 of its 153 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 35 of Bangladesh's 67 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
947 of its 3,216 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
23 of its 51 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kathmandu accounted for 16 of Nepal's 23 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.
44 of its 101 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
19 of its 28 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 7 of Khartoum's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: flooding in Paraguay (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Jamaica (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Australia (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,064 stories about harm among 81,524 counted on 25 Mar.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. 21 in every 100 of the day's 81,524 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. For the second day running, the news turned to Ethiopia. Paraguay's news mentioned flooding about 5 times as often as usual. On 25 March 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 21 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 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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