We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
71 of its 96 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Alausi accounted for 34 of Ecuador's 71 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (61 stories). Landslides were named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain and avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
214 of its 339 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kabul accounted for 155 of Afghanistan's 214 stories about harm, carried by 343 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
22 of its 52 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 3 of Ndjamena's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).
52 of its 137 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kathmandu accounted for 42 of Nepal's 52 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets.
441 of its 833 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Ciudad Juarez accounted for 252 of Mexico's 441 stories about harm, carried by 830 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
70 of its 214 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
57 of its 172 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.
44 of its 68 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 31 of Haiti's 44 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories).
83 of its 377 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
17 of its 43 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).
Also named far more than usual: illness in United Arab Emirates (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Peru (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (50 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Switzerland (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 25,840 stories about harm among 140,391 counted on 28 Mar.
Of the day's 140,391 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 March 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 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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