We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
266 of its 390 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Dhaka accounted for 231 of Bangladesh's 266 stories about harm, carried by 343 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (132 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
36 of its 58 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Ndjamena accounted for 25 of Chad's 36 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
18 of its 32 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
Moscow accounted for 301 of Russia's 402 stories about harm, carried by 673 outlets. Covid was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. 41 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).
180 of its 623 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Power cuts were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
36 of its 52 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories).
16 of its 25 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in New Zealand (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Ireland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in UK (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 20,361 stories about harm among 112,234 counted on 1 Mar.
In Zambia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 112,234 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 March 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over February, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in February 2023.
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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