We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
127 of its 219 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kabul accounted for 75 of Afghanistan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
145 of its 224 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 112 of Haiti's 145 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Power cuts were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
36 of its 65 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 12 of Banjul's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).
Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
106 of its 316 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 21 of Sao Paulo's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Covid was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
Dhaka accounted for 48 of Bangladesh's 95 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
54 of its 100 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Havana accounted for 32 of Cuba's 54 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets.
Also named far more than usual: covid in Brazil (59 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in France (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ukraine (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Australia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 19,277 stories about harm among 112,649 counted on 19 Mar.
For the second day running, the news turned to Afghanistan. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 112,649 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 5 times their usual in Brazil's news. On 20 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 17 today. Afghanistan stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.
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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