We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.
27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Chiquimula accounted for 13 of Guatemala's 27 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Extreme cold was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.
29 of its 67 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with chikungunya.
Port-au-Prince accounted for 39 of Haiti's 70 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
Jerusalem accounted for 206 of Israel's 880 stories about harm, carried by 267 outlets. Drownings were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.
14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.
23 of its 51 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).
34 of its 55 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).
25 of its 71 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).
14 of its 38 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Kingstown accounted for 14 of St Vincent's 14 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets.
11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 5 of Guayaquil's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ghana (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Madagascar (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); storms in Spain (13 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in UK (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).
Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 20,295 stories about harm among 114,591 counted on 28 Mar.
For the second day running, the news turned to Guatemala. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 114,591 stories, as usual. Guatemala's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. A year earlier, on 29 March 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, 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 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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