We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
92 of its 266 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 12 of Hong Kong's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
373 of its 1,010 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (165 stories). Gas explosion was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.
233 of its 1,093 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (85 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
68 of its 283 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Heatwave was named in 11 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.
120 of its 213 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kabul accounted for 61 of Afghanistan's 120 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).
41 of its 105 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Havana accounted for 26 of Cuba's 41 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 13 of Havana's 26 stories were about protests or strikes.
84 of its 288 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 22 of Jakarta's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories).
Pibor accounted for 13 of South Sudan's 19 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
35 of its 67 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.
27 of its 60 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).
Also named far more than usual: covid in Brazil (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Netherlands (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in France (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 20,025 stories about harm among 117,655 counted on 20 Mar.
Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 117,655 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 21 March 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 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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