We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
21 of its 29 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Chisinau accounted for 19 of Moldova's 21 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 19 of Chisinau's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 23 of Iraq's 32 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Natural hazards were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
71 of its 261 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
62 of its 295 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Tsunami was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
61 of its 76 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Masyaf accounted for 29 of Syria's 61 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
54 of its 83 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
123 of its 375 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
28 of its 64 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.
14 of its 55 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mozambique (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in Saudi Arabia (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in US (189 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 6,905 stories about harm among 35,727 counted on 12 Mar.
Moldova's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 35,727 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Mozambique's news mentioned the hurricane about 7 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 March 2022, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days.
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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