Romania
129 of its 276 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Bucharest accounted for 76 of Romania's 129 stories about harm, carried by 263 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
Rights and justice in Bucharest, people injured in Sudan and arrests in Azerbaijan drew the news. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.
Part of lifeHealth
32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual
Country that rose mostRomania
47 in 100 of its 276 stories, usually 10
RegionEvery region
about as usual
Tone of the words
Softer than usual
across the world's stories about harm
What the world's news was about today
how these are picked →Sudan
37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Azerbaijan
70 of its 184 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Venezuela
29 of its 78 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 7 of Caracas' 12 stories were about protests or strikes.
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Haiti
41 of its 70 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).
Bahrain
12 of its 44 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Thailand
Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Wildfires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
Bangladesh
Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 98 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Syria
Damascus accounted for 71 of Syria's 132 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
Italy
Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Switzerland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Thailand (19 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Philippines (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); respiratory illness in Italy (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
19 in 100 stories were about harm
usually 19; 19 the day beforeStories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 25,010 stories about harm among 133,856 counted on 31 Mar.
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In Romania, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 10% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 133,856 stories, as usual. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Switzerland's news. On 31 March 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.
- 19 in every 100 of the day's 133,856 news stories were about people being harmed (usually 19).
- Romania: 129 of its 276 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%.
- Sudan: 37 of its 51 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%.
- Azerbaijan: 70 of its 184 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%.
- Venezuela: 29 of its 78 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%.
- Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Switzerland's news.
- Mentions of wildfires ran about 9 times their usual in Thailand's news.
- Across the world, the words of the day's news were softer than usual.
- A year earlier, on 31 March 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.
Written by code from the day's numbers.
Where harm was most of the news all →
Sudan73 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 39 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria68 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 49 · mostly rights & justice Malawi57 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar52 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violenceCountries with at least 50 stories that day.
Where people protested
Manhattan US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 598 Washington US224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 855 Nashville US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Ciudad Juarez Mexico46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81Stories, not people.
Where it happened
feelings in full →
Attacks & violenceAccidents & disastersPeople displacedDeaths, cause not givenProtests & strikesDisease & outbreaks
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.
Biggest events
● Rolling Fork US accidents & disasters · 145 stories, 402 outlets ● East Palestine US accidents & disasters · 171 stories, 461 outlets ● Indore India deaths, cause not given · 171 stories, 286 outlets ● Ciudad Juarez Mexico protests & strikes · 81 stories, 202 outlets ● Kyiv Ukraine attacks & violence · 88 stories, 169 outlets ● Damascus Syria attacks & violence · 71 stories, 105 outlets ● Quebec Canada accidents & disasters · 102 stories, 209 outlets ● Kordofan Sudan deaths, cause not given · 9 stories, 60 outletsThe day in three measures
Parts of life 30 days →
Health32% 7,892 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 6,486 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 4,081 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 2,246 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,250 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,227 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 887 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 458 stories · about as usualOf the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.
Harm reported 30 days →
Stories reporting people killed5,773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,620 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations231 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting abductions174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced167 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and IranStories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.
How it felt 30 days →
harshwarm
The words in the day's stories were softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.
● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Fearabout as 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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