We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
69 of its 84 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Sfax accounted for 31 of Tunisia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (60 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
157 of its 634 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 50 of Paris' 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
31 of its 84 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Copenhagen accounted for 20 of Denmark's 31 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
17 of its 43 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).
Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
65 of Jerusalem's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
31 of its 72 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
Dhaka accounted for 52 of Bangladesh's 92 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Damascus accounted for 30 of Syria's 81 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Spain (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (610 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); earthquake in Iran (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 13,524 stories about harm among 73,717 counted on 26 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 73,717 stories, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 26 March 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Venezuela, on 3 of 6 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 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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