We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
71 of its 213 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Rio de Janeiro accounted for 53 of Brazil's 71 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Heavy rain was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with storms, landslides and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
908 of its 1,193 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Moscow accounted for 820 of Russia's 908 stories about harm, carried by 1,013 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (438 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
20 of its 41 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 12 of Havana's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Power cuts were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.
15 of its 53 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).
229 of its 502 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
34 of its 51 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.
20 of its 35 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Yerevan accounted for 18 of Armenia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).
486 of its 1,169 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.
47 of its 107 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
44 of its 91 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Dakar accounted for 30 of Senegal's 44 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 19 of Dakar's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Bahamas (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 10,710 stories about harm among 54,505 counted on 24 Mar.
Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Brazil, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 54,505 stories, above the usual 18. A year earlier, on 25 March 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Russia, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.
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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