We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
1,743 of its 2,148 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Moscow accounted for 1,584 of Russia's 1,743 stories about harm, carried by 1,405 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Power cuts were named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
34 of its 59 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
965 of its 4,258 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 189 of Delhi's 298 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (28 stories).
153 of its 367 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
37 of its 46 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 20 of Yemen's 37 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
46 of its 78 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 20 of Afghanistan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
359 of its 1,108 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.
Gaza accounted for 104 of Palestine's 131 stories about harm, carried by 273 outlets. Flooding was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 31 of Haiti's 45 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.
Also named far more than usual: illness in UK (447 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Papua New Guinea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Haiti (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 12,749 stories about harm among 62,456 counted on 23 Mar.
The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 6 January 2024. 20 in every 100 of the day's 62,456 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 17. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Russia and the US. Russia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.
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 much harsher 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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