We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
325 of its 711 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ciudad Juarez accounted for 170 of Mexico's 325 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. 124 of Ciudad Juarez's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
129 of its 219 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 74 of Afghanistan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Alausi accounted for 18 of Ecuador's 33 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Landslides were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
39 of its 153 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
29 of its 87 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
28 of its 55 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
20 of its 36 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).
25 of its 71 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).
40 of its 64 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kigali accounted for 25 of Rwanda's 40 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: illness in Italy (62 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Vanuatu (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); illness in Azerbaijan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Netherlands (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 25,393 stories about harm among 141,399 counted on 29 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 141,399 stories, below the usual 19. On 29 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, 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 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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