We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
263 of its 598 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 119 of Ukraine's 263 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (115 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.
59 of its 91 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (46 stories). Earthquake was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.
36 of its 94 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 16 of Buenos Aires' 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).
570 of its 1,736 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.
1,034 of its 1,649 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Moscow accounted for 900 of Russia's 1,034 stories about harm, carried by 1,136 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (460 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.
78 of its 276 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
46 of its 61 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sanaa accounted for 23 of Yemen's 46 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories).
71 of its 133 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.
31 of its 131 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.
23 of its 43 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.
Also named far more than usual: drought in Malawi (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Sweden (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Senegal (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in India (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,882 stories about harm among 97,244 counted on 25 Mar.
On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,244 stories, as usual. Ukraine's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 26 March 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as 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 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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