We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
53 of its 102 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. the Red Sea accounted for 52 of Djibouti's 53 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
25 of its 49 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Eydhafushi accounted for 19 of the Maldives' 25 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).
15 of its 40 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).
83 of its 224 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories).
66 of Berlin's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Volcanic eruption was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.
Respiratory illness was named in 12 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.
Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Measles was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with respiratory illness and rubella.
Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Gaza accounted for 232 of Palestine's 289 stories about harm, carried by 303 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 87 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Germany (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Italy (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Canada (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 19,720 stories about harm among 115,696 counted on 5 Mar.
Germany's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 115,696 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. For the third day running, the news turned to Djibouti. On 6 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. Djibouti's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%.
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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